Alexis Chambers

Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience , PSY

630-637-5330

Alexis Chambers received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame in 2015. She joined North Central College in the fall of 2015. Her research program uses behavioral and cognitive neuroscientific (EEG) methods to study how sleep and emotion influence memory consolidation, the process that stabilizes new memories over the days, months, and years after learning. This research emphasizes memory for positive emotional events and the role of induced emotional states during this process.

Dr. Chambers also serves as the faculty advisor for Psi Chi, the international honor society in psychology.

Chambers, A. M. & Payne, J. D. (2013). If you’re happy and you know it, get some zzz’s!: The effect of sleep on the consolidation of positive emotional memories. Poster presented at the 2013 meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Baltimore, MD.